The movie review is here. I think when you just saw the poster of the movie "Ghosts and Ghosts", you won't think it is a very scary movie, although it is indeed a ghost movie. The poster design is very refreshing, the colors are very clean dark tones, and the background is a dark starry sky, suggesting the universe of life. The "ghost" on the poster is not bloody and scary, with clean white mopping sheets and big innocent eyes, it looks quiet and gentle, and even makes people feel cute. In fact, this warm ghost movie is so quiet that it makes people feel distressed. There are very few lines and very little soundtrack. Most of the time, the camera is quiet. As an audience, you will truly experience its "quietness". But silence is better than sound. The film mainly tells the life story of a husband and wife. The husband died in an accident, and because of his obsession, he turned into a ghost, silently accompanying his wife, and helplessly watching her face separation in pain. After his wife moved out, he stayed where he was and waited for her to come back. However, he was waiting for new tenants, new high-rise buildings, and a new century. In the end, it saw the note left by his wife when he moved house in the staggered reincarnation of time, the obsession dissipated, and it no longer existed. The theme of the film is emotion, the obsession born of love. The ghost spends his endless time waiting for his lover, and also uses it to endure endless loneliness and longing. The plot is generally bland and realistic, and most of it is from the perspective of a ghost to see the daily life of the heroine. After the heroine moved away, she was quietly looking at the empty house. There is a small turbulence in the film: in the process of waiting, he accidentally sees a ghost in the house opposite. However, it may be that she has waited too long, and she has forgotten who she is waiting for. I have forgotten the people who stick to it, but the obsession is still there. The meaning of their existence seems to have become an attachment to obsession-waiting. Finally, when the house they were in was demolished and turned into ruins, the ghost in the opposite room, standing on the wreckage of the house, said the last sentence was heartbreaking: "I don't think they will come back." At this time, After letting go of her obsession, she turned into a bed sheet, fell to the ground silently like a sigh, and disappeared. In this way, the moment the obsession disappears, the ghost does not exist anymore. It was sudden and natural. No more shots, as if they never existed. The same is true for the last male protagonist, but he waited longer and more determined, and he did not forget who he was waiting for. He even saw everything he had ever lived, but the moment he saw the note left in the house by the heroine before she left, he also disappeared. It made people curious, what exactly was written on a small note, and this stubborn soul finally let go of everything and left. Can What is worth pondering is the director's blank. The film ends abruptly here, and it is a bit heartless. People can not help but regret, to reverie. The audience, who was originally immersed in the time and rhythm of ghosts, suddenly became overwhelmed at the moment when it disappeared. It was as if someone patted his shoulder and woke up when he was asleep, but he couldn't help himself for a while. This kind of immersion is something I have never felt in any movie. This movie is not long, but the rhythm is very slow, it seems a bit long and procrastinating, a scene can stay for several minutes, and it takes patience to watch it. But when you really get into it, you'll find its charm. For example, the scene of the distressed female protagonist eating chocolate pie like a vent, the camera stopped for several minutes from the perspective of a silent onlooker. The passage of time can make people feel uncomfortable and boring, but from the ghost's first point of view, the audience can experience the eternal loneliness and helplessness. The sense of depression that naturally penetrates the whole film makes people have to admire the director's grasp of the timing of the shots. In arranging such a long shot, I think the director wanted to reflect not only the tenderness and deep affection of love, but also a powerful obsession that ordinary people cannot bear or understand. In this film, obsession has changed from a nihilistic and even somewhat ironic word to heavy and meaningful. And the reason why obsession can be so powerful must be far more than just the character. No matter how stubborn and obstinate a person is, in the face of powerful despair, helplessness and vague hope, he will inevitably persevere soberly. And obsession with naivety and fantasy, with childlike innocence, but also with the purity of the dust and vulgarity. Just like the male protagonist, there is no complaint, he stays where he is and waits quietly, even if there are only memories, it is enough to support him through one lonely spring, summer, autumn and winter. Perhaps love to the depths is obsession. Even if goodbye is far away, even if you have forgotten everything about you, the obsession is always there, and the love is always there. My personal interpretation of the ending of the film is that this ghost is happy. He didn't wait for his lover to come back to him, but he knew from the note that love was always there, so he was no longer afraid of losing, and finally left calmly. He saw his life and had reason to believe that even if time changed everything, love, like its existence, was eternal. In this way, there is no need for him to persist, to stay in the pain of the past memories, and he should move towards a new life. Because love allows obsession to exist, and it also gives it enough courage to disappear. Cao Zhizhi's film review ("Ghosts and Ghosts")
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